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Yesterday, two teams warming up for the European Championship - Czech Republic and Bulgaria - played a friendly match. The Czechs achieved a convincing victory with a score of 3-1.
Czech Republic - Bulgaria 3 - 1
54‘ Milan Baros [1 – 0]
74‘ Jaroslav Plašil [2 – 0]
84‘ Tomas Rosicky [3 – 0]
93‘ Milen Petkov [3 – 1]
After the match, Czech national team coach Karel Brückner announced the final 23-player squad for the upcoming European Championship.
The "Banik Ostrava" forward Miroslav Matušovičius was excluded from the squad.
In the European Championship, Czech Republic will play in Group D, also known as the group of death. Alongside the Czechs are Latvia, Germany, and the Netherlands.
Czech Republic squad
Goalkeepers:
Jaromir Blazek (Sparta)
Petr Cech (Chelsea)
Antonin Kinsky (Saturn)
Defenders:
René Bolf (Banik)
Zdenek Grygera (Ajax)
Tomaš Hübschman (Sparta)
Marek Jankulovski (Udinese)
Martin Jiranek (Reggina)
Pavel Mareš (Zenit)
David Rozehnal (Brugge)
Tomaš Ujfaluši (Hamburg)
Midfielders:
Tomaš Galasek (Ajax)
Pavel Nedved (Juventus)
Jaroslav Plašil (Monaco)
Karel Poborsky (Sparta)
Tomaš Rosicky (Borussia)
Vladimir Šmicer (Liverpool)
Roman Tyce (1860)
Štepan Vachoušek (Marseille)
Forwards:
Milan Baroš (Liverpool)
Marek Heinz (Banik)
Jan Koller (Borussia)
Vratislav Lokvenc (Kaiserslautern)
